Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 4 - Number: 44 - November 15, 2004

Outstanding

Quantification of Staphylococcal-Collagen Binding Interactions in Whole Blood by Use of a Confocal Microscopy Shear-Adhesion Assay

Prematurity Is the Major Risk Factor for Late-Onset Group B Streptococcus Disease

Prevalence of SEN Viruses among Injection Drug Users in the San Francisco Bay Area

Viral DNA Polymerase Mutations Associated with Drug Resistance in Human Cytomegalovirus

Bacteria

Safety and Immunogenicity of a Bivalent Group B Streptococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Serotypes II and III

Implications of Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup aegyptius Hemagglutinins in the Pathogenesis of Brazilian Purpuric Fever

Effectiveness of the 23-Valent Polysaccharide Vaccine against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Navajo Adults

Association of CD14 Promoter Gene Polymorphism and Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection

Quantification of Staphylococcal-Collagen Binding Interactions in Whole Blood by Use of a Confocal Microscopy Shear-Adhesion Assay

Polymorphic Membrane Protein (PMP) 20 and PMP 21 of Chlamydia pneumoniae Induce Proinflammatory Mediators in Human Endothelial Cells In Vitro by Activation of the Nuclear Factor-B Pathway

Horizontal Transfer of the Gene Encoding Outer Membrane Protein P2 of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, in a Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Comparative Analysis of Type III Effector Translocation by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Expressing Native LcrV or PcrV from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Evaluation of Intraspecies Interference Due to agr Polymorphism in Staphylococcus aureus during Infection and Colonization

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Inhibits Maturation of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells In Vitro

Prematurity Is the Major Risk Factor for Late-Onset Group B Streptococcus Disease

Synergistic Effect of Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors and Interleukin-1 Polymorphisms for the Development of Severe Histological Changes in the Gastric Mucosa

AntiTumor Necrosis Factor Antibody Impairs the Therapeutic Effect of Ceftriaxone in Murine Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Editorial Commentary

Prophylactic and Therapeutic Efficacy of Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Treating West Nile Virus Infection in Mice

Fungi

Candida albicans Phospholipomannan Is Sensed through Toll-Like Receptors

Experimental Pulmonary Aspergillosis Due to Aspergillus terreus: Pathogenesis and Treatment of an Emerging Fungal Pathogen Resistant to Amphotericin B

Aspergillus fumigatus Evades Immune Recognition during Germination through Loss of Toll-Like Receptor-4Mediated Signal Transduction

HIV/Aids

Longitudinal Study of Mucosal Candida Species Colonization and Candidiasis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Seropositive and At-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women

Longitudinal Study of Cervical Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Seropositive and At-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women

Rates of Disease Progression among Human Immunodeficiency VirusInfected Persons Initiating Multiple-Drug Rescue Therapy

Factors Associated with Oropharyngeal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Shedding

Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections in a Bacille Calmette-GuérinVaccinated Pediatric Population in Malawi

Correlates of Immune Activation Marker Changes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Seropositive and High-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women Who Use Illicit Drugs

Safety and Immunogenicity of Combinations of Recombinant Subtype E and B Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Glycoprotein 120 Vaccines in Healthy Thai Adults

A Tumor Necrosis FactorInducible Promoter Variant of Interferon- Accelerates CD4+ T Cell Depletion in Human Immunodeficiency Virus1Infected Individuals

Disturbed Glutathione Metabolism and Decreased Antioxidant Levels in Human Immunodeficiency VirusInfected Patients during Highly Active Antiretroviral TherapyPotential Immunomodulatory Effects of Antioxidants

Major articles and brief reports

Prevalence of SEN Viruses among Injection Drug Users in the San Francisco Bay Area

Noroviruses Bind to Human ABO, Lewis, and Secretor HistoBlood Group Antigens: Identification of 4 Distinct Strain-Specific Patterns

Viral DNA Polymerase Mutations Associated with Drug Resistance in Human Cytomegalovirus

Identification of CD8+ T Cell Epitopes in the Immediate Early 62 Protein (IE62) of Varicella-Zoster Virus, and Evaluation of Frequency of CD8+ T Cell Response to IE62, by Use of IE62 Peptides after Varicella Vaccination

Development of a Cocktail of Recombinant-Expressed Human Rabies VirusNeutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies for Postexposure Prophylaxis of Rabies

High Frequency of Resistant Viruses Harboring Different Mutations in Amantadine-Treated Children with Influenza

Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I and II Alleles and Response to Interferon- Treatment, in Taiwanese Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Parasitos

Killing of African Trypanosomes by Antimicrobial Peptides

Immunization with Recombinant Duffy BindingLike3 Induces Pan-Reactive and Adhesion-Blocking Antibodies against Placental Chondroitin Sulfate ABinding Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

Substance P Expression Correlates with Severity of Diarrhea in Cryptosporidiosis

Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Levels Associated with Decreased Malaria Parasite Density and Increased Hemoglobin Concentration in Pubertal Girls from Western Kenya

Pathogenesis and host response

Murein Lipoprotein, Peptidoglycan-Associated Lipoprotein, and Outer Membrane Protein A Are Present in Purified Rough and Smooth Lipopolysaccharides

Viruses

Cellular Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus (HPV)16 L1 in Healthy Volunteers Immunized with Recombinant HPV-16 L1 Virus-Like Particles